Chapter 203: One Small Step a Day
"This son, I advise you not to wade into this troubled water," an old man reminded in a low voice, "The parents of this child are obviously two crazy people, throwing the child in front of the public, not allowing them to watch from the side, and wait for you to raise the child for a few years, and then entangle it wildly, and in the end, the chickens and eggs will be beaten, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
He didn't say this for nothing, and there have been many cases of this before.
Unscrupulous parents gain sympathy by abandoning their children, and then sue the government after being raised by well-wishers for many years, in order to obtain compensation and take the children back.
Since Xiao Guo's law is still biased towards his biological parents, most people can only think that they are unlucky for this kind of thing.
Su Xinyan didn't think about this, she didn't think that the lack of law could control her behavior.
Refusing the old man's persuasion, she strode forward, took off her coat, put it all over the child's body, and took it into her arms.
The child was obviously numb from the cold, and it looked a little sluggish, but even though her body was slightly stiff, when she was held in Su Xinyan's arms, she still tried hard to stretch out her little hand and clenched Su Xinyan's front tightly, as if she had grasped the last life-saving straw, and she was reluctant to let go.
Su Xinyan's mind softened suddenly, she hugged the child and patted her comfortingly, and then said to the surrounding people: "With the care of everyone before, I will take her to the government." ”
Seeing this, the people around praised her kindness, but most of them didn't care much and left.
In this era, these abandoned children are equivalent to being sentenced to death in advance, and few of them can live to adulthood in good health.
Other people have their own struggles, and they no longer have the extra compassion to pay attention to other people's children, and it is the limit to look at them twice as often as they do today.
Faced with this atmosphere, Su Xinyan subconsciously frowned, but it was relaxed in an instant. In this era, it is because of such and such shortcomings that someone needs to make changes.
Su Xinyan walked all the way down the street to the nearest government office with the child in her arms, she did not rush to get rid of the oil bottle in the eyes of others as soon as possible, but tried her best to comfort it, so as not to scare the other party.
After all, this child still feels like a frightened bird, and this insecurity comes not only from the outside world but also from her heart.
Su Xinyan slowed down her steps, and asked her in a low voice what she wanted to eat, and after not getting an answer from the other party, she was kind enough to buy a few delicious and easy-to-digest snacks for her.
The feeling of her wandering along the way is not at all like she has just saved a child, but like a noble brother who is playing with a child in her arms.
However, this state obviously played a big role, and the child's tense body finally relaxed, and although it was still a little resistant, it was able to say something simple under her questioning again.
"What's your name?" Su Xinyan smiled and asked as gently as possible.
The child stumbled in a childish language and replied, her name was Sanya, which was the common name of many people in this dynasty, and it was believed that the rougher the name, the easier it was to feed.
However, when she talked about who her parents were in her family, she was a little silent, and no matter how kind Su Xinyan was, she didn't speak anymore.
Ask more, the child doesn't know so much, what was the previous life, who left her here, no idea.